The Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia's Southwest Papua province are a marine biodiversity hotspot and a divers' paradise.

The deep sea is a dark, cold place. It's just a few degrees above freezing, subject to immense pressure, and beyond the reach ...

Female bees and wasps are the real defenders. Only females can sting, because stingers are modified egg-laying organs. Males ...

What will you be doing this weekend around the Jersey Shore? Maple Festival, Mac and Cheese Cook-Off, music and more.

Behind a pretty shell sits a precision hunter whose toxins can stop a heartbeat, yet also power pain relief and new diabetes ...

Powerful, carnivorous Nile monitor lizards are expanding through South Florida's canal systems, with sightings climbing ...

The yellow-bellied slider is a semiaquatic turtle, native to southeastern United States, where it is the most common turtle species. As the name suggests, they have a yellow belly that is buried under ...

Scientists have uncovered yet another reason not to trust a snake—the slithering creatures have a habit of eating each other. A recent study compiled over 500 incidents of cannibalism in more than 200 ...

A review of over 500 reports of cannibalistic behavior in snakes finds it's appeared multiple times in different evolutionary lineages, leading researchers to hypothesize it's beneficial for snakes ...

Fluffy snow fell in parts of the metro Charlotte on Feb. 5, adding to icy conditions left by a historic winter storm that walloped all 100 North Carolina counties in January. Temperatures were slow to ...

Sea snakes are often more venomous than their land-dwelling counterparts. Though their venom isquite potent, sea snakes tend to be docile and calm. Apart from its remarkable size, the olive sea snake ...